Here's going on.
About 2 weeks ago our bun( mini rex female age 8 ) died. Itseemed like she had a lump under her dewlap the last few weeks coupled with her age maybe cancer. she showed no signs of sickness appetite, demeanor the same.My son went out to feed at dinner and she was dead. All rabbits are kept in our garage attached to the house. No cars go in the garage. We have switched over to a new wire cage setup for the remaining 13.
I rearranged the garage bought a few new cages and we have 7 in wire cages against the wall think tic tac toe board with the missing tolp two squares.
I have MS and wasn't feeling well. My son( age 10) who feeds and waters them has been fully taking care of them. I usually oversee what he does and I clean their cages myself during the school year.
This morning is cleaning cage day and I went out for the first time since I'm feeling better. My one rabbit who is on the middle row far right and his brother middle row middle cage seem to have something going on. They are male full size rex rabbits almost two years intact. One seems to have a lop ear this morning. At first I thought he was cleaning it but after being out for an hour he still has one ear flopped down. His head is not tilted and his appetite is good. Eating fine and drinking this morning. I tried to touch it and he backed away but wasn't aggressive. Any ideas? Other than his metal feeder which he somehow takes off the cage and sits on we do not have anything in his cage. His water bottle and holder are outside the cage as well as his hay holder and hay. Now his brother. They were rescues and he has always been sickly-ish, He had extremely sore hocks upon his rescue about 1 year ago. He has barely any fur on his pads although it has started to grow back. We have always kept him in a plastic bottom cage until two weeks ago when I changed things up. I put him in a wire cage and honestly am going to take him out because I prefer he be in a plastic bottom for his tootsies. Anyway this morning he looks extrememly thin to me. We worked so hard at feeding him and plumping him up and fixing his feet. He did eat and drink this morning but not as he would usually. Do you think it's the change in the age. maybe his feet hurt and it's changing his appetite? Do you think it could be something since he's next to the other one that's got an issue this morning? Anyone with experiences similar I'd like to hear from. I am going to try to look online and call my vet later if I think it is of a medical nature.
About 2 weeks ago our bun( mini rex female age 8 ) died. Itseemed like she had a lump under her dewlap the last few weeks coupled with her age maybe cancer. she showed no signs of sickness appetite, demeanor the same.My son went out to feed at dinner and she was dead. All rabbits are kept in our garage attached to the house. No cars go in the garage. We have switched over to a new wire cage setup for the remaining 13.
I rearranged the garage bought a few new cages and we have 7 in wire cages against the wall think tic tac toe board with the missing tolp two squares.
I have MS and wasn't feeling well. My son( age 10) who feeds and waters them has been fully taking care of them. I usually oversee what he does and I clean their cages myself during the school year.
This morning is cleaning cage day and I went out for the first time since I'm feeling better. My one rabbit who is on the middle row far right and his brother middle row middle cage seem to have something going on. They are male full size rex rabbits almost two years intact. One seems to have a lop ear this morning. At first I thought he was cleaning it but after being out for an hour he still has one ear flopped down. His head is not tilted and his appetite is good. Eating fine and drinking this morning. I tried to touch it and he backed away but wasn't aggressive. Any ideas? Other than his metal feeder which he somehow takes off the cage and sits on we do not have anything in his cage. His water bottle and holder are outside the cage as well as his hay holder and hay. Now his brother. They were rescues and he has always been sickly-ish, He had extremely sore hocks upon his rescue about 1 year ago. He has barely any fur on his pads although it has started to grow back. We have always kept him in a plastic bottom cage until two weeks ago when I changed things up. I put him in a wire cage and honestly am going to take him out because I prefer he be in a plastic bottom for his tootsies. Anyway this morning he looks extrememly thin to me. We worked so hard at feeding him and plumping him up and fixing his feet. He did eat and drink this morning but not as he would usually. Do you think it's the change in the age. maybe his feet hurt and it's changing his appetite? Do you think it could be something since he's next to the other one that's got an issue this morning? Anyone with experiences similar I'd like to hear from. I am going to try to look online and call my vet later if I think it is of a medical nature.